Gateway Church, Leeds

What Gateway Church, Leeds does

Gateway Church Leeds is a Christian church and registered charity (also constituted as a company limited by guarantee) operating primarily from St Mark's Church, St Mark's Road, Leeds LS2 9AF. The church serves a congregation of approximately 150 people per week including children, drawn from the Leeds catchment area near Leeds University, and explicitly welcomes visitors of any faith or none. Its core offering is a weekly Sunday Gathering (10am–12noon) combining connect time, worship, and biblical teaching, with the first Sunday of each month structured as an all-age gathering.

The church runs an integrated ministry portfolio spanning age-specific programs — Gateway Kids (Mini Explorers for preschoolers and Explorers for ages 5–11, with DBS-checked workers), Gateway Youth (school years 7–13, Sunday evenings plus monthly Y7/8 Bible study) — and adult discipleship through midweek LifeGroups meeting in multiple locations around Leeds, monthly Powerhouse prayer gatherings, and a Vision & Values membership course. Community-facing services include a Community Cafe and a Foodbank, and the St Mark's venue is offered for hire to external users. The church is accredited with a Silver PGQM (2025) and a GBC-Accredited stamp, and holds memberships in the Evangelical Alliance and the ChristCentral Churches family of churches.

The revenue model is based on voluntary giving and tithes from congregation members; no formal pricing structure is publicly disclosed. The organization operates with a stated headcount of 5 employees and is led by a small staff team, with digital presence limited to a Squarespace website, a YouTube channel (UCTHGdfIUD7IHifDTBGl5_TQ), and an email e-bulletin. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, app, or API integrations are disclosed.

Name

Gateway Church, Leeds

Legal name

Gateway Church Leeds

Website

https://gatewayleeds.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gateway Church Leeds is a Christian church and registered charity operating from St Mark's Church in Leeds, serving approximately 150 weekly attendees through Sunday gatherings, children's and youth ministries, midweek LifeGroups, and community services including a cafe and foodbank.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Community Food Services (62421)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Christian church services
• Youth ministry programs
• Children's ministry
• Community outreach
• Worship gatherings

Headquarters

HQ city

Leeds

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Gateway Church Leeds operates as a Christian church community centered on weekly Sunday worship gatherings at St Mark's Church in Leeds, supplemented by age-specific ministries (Gateway Kids for children, Gateway Youth for school years 7-13), midweek LifeGroups, prayer gatherings, courses such as Vision & Values, and community-facing services including a Community Cafe and Foodbank. The church is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee.

Product overview

Gateway Church Leeds offers a unified church community experience centered around Sunday Gatherings as the core offering, supplemented by age-specific ministries (Gateway Kids, Gateway Youth), LifeGroups for midweek community connection, Powerhouse prayer gatherings, and seasonal programs like the Summer Program. The church also operates community-facing services including a Community Cafe and Foodbank. All programs are delivered at St Mark's Church, Leeds.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sunday Gatherings Main weekly worship services held at St Mark's Church on Sundays at 10am (connect time) and 10.30am (worship), finishing by 12noon, with attendance of approximately 150 people including children. Includes an all-age gathering on the first Sunday of each month and Bible message with separate Gateway Kids work on other Sundays. Open to anyone of any faith or none.
• Gateway Kids Children's ministry program running during Sunday gatherings, divided into Mini Explorers (preschoolers) and Explorers (school-age, aged 5-11), with fun activities and Bible learning. All Gateway Kids Workers are DBS checked.
• Gateway Youth Youth ministry for school years 7-13, meeting Sunday evenings from 6-7.30pm at St Mark's during term time with games, Bible reading and discussion, prayer and fellowship. Also includes a monthly Y7/8 Bible study on Sunday mornings.
• LifeGroups Midweek small groups meeting in different locations around Leeds city for community connection, deeper spiritual growth, and Bible study.
• Powerhouse Whole church prayer and worship gatherings held on the first Tuesday evening of each month at St Mark's Church.
• Vision & Values Course Membership course designed to help newcomers learn about the church's vision and values and connect with the community.
• Summer Program Seasonal program of events and activities running from April to August 2026, including creative events, men's and women's events, and hospitality weeks.
• Community Cafe Community space operated at St Mark's Church offering social connection and hospitality to local residents.
• Foodbank Food assistance service supporting community members in need, operated by Gateway Church Leeds.
• Venue Hire (Hire St Marks) Venue at St Mark's Church available for hire for community events and activities.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Evangelical AlliancecoreOthersGateway Church Leeds is a member of the Evangelical Alliance (www.eauk.org), a UK-wide Christian charity and Evangelical church network providing fellowship, advocacy, and resources for evangelical churches.
• ChristCentral ChurchescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGateway Church Leeds is a member of the Family of Churches ChristCentral (www.christcentralchurches.org), indicating a network affiliation for shared resources, training, and collaborative church planting initiatives.
• St Mark's Church (St Mark's, Leeds)coreOthersGateway Church operates from St Mark's Church building at St Mark's Road, Leeds LS2 9AF, sharing the venue for Sunday gatherings and other church activities.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• New Wine Network: UK network of charismatic evangelical churches and leaders, with a flagship NewWine summer conference and resource platform. Comparable evangelical constituency and event-driven engagement model, although it functions as a movement/network rather than a single congregation.

Broad incumbents

• Evangelical Alliance: UK-wide umbrella body for evangelical Christians and churches, of which Gateway is a member. Evangelical Alliance is a broad incumbent serving the same evangelical constituency across the UK rather than competing for the same congregation in Leeds.
• Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB): Large central London Anglican-evangelical church and church-planting network (HTB Network). It shares Gateway's evangelical identity and Alpha course tradition, but operates at far greater scale and across multiple sites, making it a broad incumbent rather than a direct local competitor.
• Church of England - Diocese of Leeds: Established Anglican diocese covering Leeds and surrounding areas, including the St Mark's Church building in which Gateway meets. It represents the broader institutional Christian presence in the same city, though with very different worship style and scale.

Direct peers

• Vineyard Churches UK: UK network of Vineyard churches, a charismatic evangelical denomination with comparable small-to-mid-sized congregations, midweek small groups and youth ministries. Conceptually and operationally similar to Gateway in size and ethos.
• Elim Foursquare: UK Pentecostal denomination with hundreds of churches nationwide. Many Elim congregations match Gateway in size, demographic, and community-program offering, and the two compete for similar evangelical attendees in UK cities.
• New Frontiers International: International family of evangelical churches planted from the UK. Comparable to Gateway in theology and small-group-centered congregation model, with shared emphasis on discipleship, cell groups and leadership development.
• ChristCentral Churches: Gateway Church Leeds is a member of the ChristCentral family of churches. ChristCentral is a UK-wide network of charismatic evangelical churches that share values, training and church-planting initiatives, making it the most direct organizational peer to Gateway.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCTHGdfIUD7IHifDTBGl5_TQ
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gateway-church-leeds

Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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